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EVANGELICAL  ALBUM. 

ISSUED  AS  A 

For  our  WeeKIg  Cfinrcli  Organs, 

fpangelical  Messenger  Dt<5)^ 

^<^^S>^©er  (Iristlicl^e  g^tscl^after 


FOR  THE  YEAR  189^. 


CLEVELAND,  O. 
THO^VIflS  &  mflTTIIili,  Publishers, 
265=375  Woodland  Avenue. 


Copyright,  i8g4,  by  Thomas  &  Mattill. 


ITntrobuction. 


We  take  great  pleasure  in  presenting  our  Evangelical  Album  to  the  esteemed  readers  of 
our  excellent  weekly  papers,  the  Messenger  and  the  Botschafter.  We  have  spared  neither  labor, 
time  nor  money  to  make  this  Album,  both  as  to  contents  and  mechanical  execution,  as  complete 
as  it  was  possible  to  make  it ;  and  we  feel  confident  that  our  Evangelical  readers  will  be  pleased 
with  it. 

We  take  the  liberty  to  refer  here  to  a  few  points  of  superiority  of  this  album  over  that  of 
last  year.  Instead  of  thirty  three  pictures,  the  number  in  last  year's  album,  this  year's 
contains  seventi'-four,  and  the  number  of  pages  is  correspondingly  greater.  While  last  year's 
album  treated  exclusively  of  Japan,  this  year's  takes  the  reader  through  the  entire  Evangelical 
Association.  Its  illustrations  afford  an  excellent  view  of  the  past  history  as  well  as  the  present 
aspect  of  our  Church. 

The  aim  of  this  album  is  to  increase  the  love  and  attachment  of  our  people  to  their  Church. 
It  will  afford  the  reader  much  pleasure  to  enter  this  picture  gallery.  He  may  also  safely  place 
the  album  into  the  hands  of  his  friends  and  acquaintances.  The  Lord  has  wonderfully  blessed 
and  preserved  the  Evangelical  Association  ! 

It  is  our  sincere  prayer  that  tliis  work  of  art  may  find  a  wide  circulation  and  be  a  great 
blessing  to  all  our  readers.    May  God  grant  it  in  mercy !  Amen. 

XTbomas  <5l  /IDattiU,  publisbers. 


The  present  structure,,  represented  on  the  opposite  page,  is  the  fourth  in  the  history  of  the 
institution,  and  is  located  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  as  all  the  world  knows.  In  1853  the  establishment 
was  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio.  A  site  was  purchased  on  Woodland  Avenue,  between  Vine 
and  Harmon  streets,  and  a  building  erected  costing  $8,000.  At  the  time  it  was  regarded  a  great 
building  in  the  Forest  City.  In  1874  the  present  building  was  begun,  but  it  was  not  completed 
until  1884.  As  it  now  stands,  its  front  on  Woodland  Avenne,  shown  in  the  engraving,  extends 
from  Vine  to  Harmon  streets,  a  distance  of  123  feet;  it  is  100  feet  in  depth  and  has  four  stories 
above  ground,  besides  one  story  under  ground.  The  cost  is  about  $100,000.  On  the  first  floor, 
on  the  left  hand  corner,  is  the  book  store,  the  ofl&ces  of  the  Publishers,  and  the  press  rooms 
are  to  the  side  of  this.  On  the  second  floor  are  the  offices  of  the  editors  of  the  Evangelical 
Messejiger,  Das  Evaiigelische  ]]Tagazin  and  Living  Epistle,  proofreaders,  and  of  the  IMissionarj- 
Treasurer.  On  the  northeast  corner  of  the  second  floor  is  also  the  mailing  room,  where  all  the 
publications  are  addressed  and  packed.  The  editorial  rooms  front  on  Woodland  Avenue.  On 
the  third  floor  are  the  rooms  of  the  editors  of  Der  Christliche  Botsckaftcr,  and  of  the  Episcopal 
Board,  also  the  book  binder^-.  On  the  fourth  floor  are  the  compositors'  rooms  and  the  electro- 
tj^pe  foundr^^  On  the  west  end  of  the  third  and  fourth  floors  are  also  extensive  store  rooms 
for  books. 

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Publishing  House  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
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Both  of  these  buildings  were  located  in  New  Berlin,  Pa.  They  represent  the  day  of  small 
things  in  the  Evangelical  Association.  The  contrast  between  them  and  the  present  magnificent 
Publishing  House,  and  fine  architecture  of  various  church  edifices  found  later  in  this  picture 
gallery,  and  representing  the  immediate  present,  enable  us  to  measure  in  a  tangible  way  the 
progress  that  has  been  made.  The  first  church  was  built  in  1816,  and  was  34x38  feet  in  size. 
The  first  Publishing  House  was  a  small,  shop-like  frame  building,  a  story  and  a  half  in  height, 
and  20x26  feet  in  dimensions.  It  was  the  seed  corn  of  a  great  career.  God's  blessing  has  been 
upon  it  from  the  beginning.  The  first  outfit  was  'purchased  in  Philadelphia,  by  Rev.  John 
Dreisbach,  in  November,  18 15,  at  a  cost  of  $375.08.  Now  the  building  with  its  machinery,  and 
the  stock  on  hand,  is  valued  at  $500,000.  Solomon  Miller  was  the-  first  manager.  He  was 
elected  by  the  General  Conference  in  1816. 

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First  Church  and  First  Publishing  House  of  the  Evangelical  Association. 

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Here  are  the  faces  of  four  men  who  in  the  past  were  honored  with  the  episcopal  office  in  out 
Church.  Bishop  John  Seybert,  the  first  regular  Bishop  under  the  Discipline,  was  elected  in 
1839,  and  served  until  his  death  in  1S59.  Bishop  Joseph  Long  was  first  elected  in  1S43.  and  also 
served  until  his  death  in  1S69.  Bishop  W.  W.  Orwig  was  elected  in  1S59,  and  ser\-ed  but  one 
term.  But  he  served  in  various  general  offices  of  the  Church  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life. 
He  died  full  of  years  in  1S90.  Ex-Bishop  Reuben  Yeakel  was  elected  to  the  office  in  1S71,  and 
served  two  terms.  He  was  the  first  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Missionar}"  Society,  and 
ser^^ed  in  other  public  capacities.  He  is  still  living,  and  is  at  present  the  official  historian  of  the 
Church.  Bishops  in  our  Church  are  elected  for  four  years  only,  but  they  are  always  eligible  for 
re-election  during  life  and  good  behavior.  The  office  is  one  of  great  influence  and  responsibility, 
and  offers  opportunity  for  the  exercise  of  the  most  brilliant  talent,  both  in  the  preaching  of  the 
Word  and  in  the  administration  of  affairs. 

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These  four  men  scarcely  need  a  detailed  description  in  this  album.  Everybody'  hcs  seen 
and  heard  them.  This  picture,  we  doubt  not,  will  be  regarded  as  the  gem  of  the  album,  both  as 
to  artistic  excellence  and  as  to  the  subject  matter.  How  much  these  men  have  been  talked  and 
written  about.  Look  at  them  !  Heie  is  the  benign  yet  determined  face  of  our  venerable  Senior 
Bishop,  J.  J.  Esher,  who  has  been  in  this  high  office  for  32  years.  His  colleague  and  yoke  fellow 
in  the  tribulations  of  our  Church,  Bishop  Thomas  Bowman,  looks  at  you  with  his  strong,  virile 
face  from  the  opposite  corner.  Bishop  S.  C.  Breyfogel,  genial  and  well-balanced,  looks  well  arid 
in  place  between  his  two  older  colleagues,  while  Bishop  Horn's  features,  beaming  with  intelli- 
gence and  culture,  complete  this  quartette  of  Evangelical  standard-bearers,  whom  everybody  in 
the  Church  loves  and  respects.  For  their  own  convenience  and  purposes  of  economy,  the 
Bishops  usually  divide  the  Conferences  into  four  districts,  each  taking  one,  and  changing 
territorial  districts  every  3-ear.  They  are  almost  in  constant  demand  for  church  dedications, 
camp-meetings  and  other  special  occasions. 

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^UGLEI^.KRAUS  Co 


Our  Four  Present  Bishops. 
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This  is  a  most  interesting  group.  Rev.  C.  Hammer  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  our  Church 
— a  product  of  the  famous  Orwigsbvirgh  revivaL  He  was  for  many  j'ears  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent men  in  the  Church.  He  was  Pubhshing  Agent  for  a  number  of  terms,  having  charge  of 
,  the  removal  of  the  Pubhshing  House  from  New  Berhn,  Pa.,  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1853.  Rev. 
W.  F.  Schneider,  of  the  Wisconsin  Conference,  was  one  of  the  most  successful  Publishing 
Agents  we  ever  had.  .Under  his  administration  the  present  building  was  planned  and  begun. 
He  died  in  1879,  shortly  before  General  Conference.  Rev.  John  Dreisbach  was  the  first  preacher 
to  receive  a  license  signed  by  Jacob  Albright,  and  the  first  presiding  elder  in  our  Church.  He 
also  helped  to  found  our  Publishing  House.  He  died  in  1871.  Father  Esslinger  was  the  first 
class-leader  in  Wisconsin — a  venerable  pioneer  of  our  work  in  the  great  Northwest.  These  men 
were  of  heroic  mold.  Theirs  was  the  day  of  small  things,  the  day  of  hardships,  povert\",  expo.s- 
ure,  privation  and  persecution.  Eut  they  endured,  "as  seeing  Him  who  is  invisible."  They  "en- 
dured hardness  as  good  soldiers  of  Jesus  Christ."  The  love  of  Christ  constrained  them.  Thej^ 
were  pioneers,  "path-finders,"  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word.  In  searching  out  the  sheep  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  lost  in  the  wilds  of  a  new  country  ;  in  founding  societies  and  building  churches ; 
in  founding  the  great  institutions  and  enterprises  of  the  Church,  these  men  were  pioneers. 


Evangelical  Pioneers. 
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The  Board  of  Publication  is  composed  of  sixteen  men — four  Bishops,  eight  ministers  and 
four  lavmen.  The  conferences  in  America  alone  are  represented.  For  the  purpose  of  repre- 
sentation, the  conferences  are  divided  into  districts.  Before  us  we  have  the  "counterfeit  present- 
ment" of  these  distinguished  men  in  the  Church,  including  the  four  laymen,  who  have 
the  honor  of  being  the  first  la^■men  to  ser\-e  on  the  Board  of  Publication  under  the  new  law  made 
at  the  last  General  Conference.  The  clerical  members,  besides  the  Bishops,  are  Rev.  M. 
Pfitzinger,  of  the  Xew  York  ;  Rev.  Dr.  O.  L.  Savior,  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  :  Rev.  John  Stull 
(died  July  28,  1894),  of  the  Ohio:  Rev.  H.  Guelich,  of  the  Atlantic  :  Rev.  C.  F.  Zimmerman,  of 
the  Wisconsin  ;  Rev.  H.  E.  Linse,  of  the  ^Minnesota  ;  Rev.  J.  Wirth.  of  the  Kau.sas  :  Rev.  C.  C. 
Pfund,  of  the  Iowa  Conference.  The  lay  members  are  Hon.  "W.  Grote.  of  Elgin,  111. :  L.  D. 
Breithaupt,  of  Berhn,  Canada  :  L-  D.  Krause,  of  AUentown,  Pa.,  and  J.  \Volf,  of  Faribult,  Minn. 
The  board  is  the  most  important  body  in  the  Church,  next  to  the  General  Conference.  In  fact, 
it  practically  represents  the  General  Conference  between  the  quadrennial  sessions  of  the  latter 
body.  It  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  and  is  charged  with  great  re- 
sponsibilities in  the  temporal  economy  of  the  Church. 

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Preachers  in  the  Board  of  Publication. 

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Lay  Members  of  the  Board  of  Publication. 
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1Re\?.  riD.  OLauer. 

"Father  Lauer,"  a  charter  member  of  the  Board  of  Pub- 
lication, for  four  years   editor   of  Der    Christliche  Botschafter, 
and  for  fourteen  years  Senior  Publishing  Agent,  is  no  more  among  the 
living,  but  he  was  so  closely  identified  with  the  growth  and  development  of  our 
publishing  business,  that  for  a  long  time  he  seemed  an  indispensable  factor  in  it. 
He  helped  to  make  the  remarkable  histor}'  of  the  Publishing  House.    He  was  re- 
garded as  a  capable  and  reliable  business  man.     He  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the 
business  world  in  an  exceptionally  high  degree.    Before  his  connection  with  the 
Publishing  House  he  enjoyed  this  reputation  in  the  New  York  Conference,  of 
which  he  was  long  an  influential  and  honored  member.    He  entered  the 
ministr}'  in  1844  ;  sixteen  years  he  served  as  presiding  elder.    He  was 
for  many  j-ears  President  of  the  Missionary  Society 
and  Board  of  Missions.     He  died  De- 
cember 30,  1893. 


Rev.  C.  A.  Thomas,  who  was  appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Publi- 
cation to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  lamented  death  of  Rev.  M.  Lauer,  is  here  seen  at  his 
desk.  Upon  his  shoulders  rest  grave  responsibilities,  which  he  keenly  realizes,  as  any  one  can 
see  from  the  earnest  expression  of  countenance.  But  he  tackles  every  problem  with  a  vim  char- 
acteristic of  the  German  Canadian,  and  usually  accomplishes  what  he  sets  out  to  do.  Bro. 
Thomas  was  a  member  and  presiding  elder  of  the  Canada  Conference,  until  in  1879  he  was 
elected  editor  of  Das  Evangelische  Magazm  and  German  Sutiday- School  Literature.  He  was  re- 
elected to  the  same  position  at  every  General  Conference  since.  His  department,  especially 
the  Magazin,  has  enjoyed  exceptional  prosperity  under  his  editorship.  For  the  present,  how- 
ever, he  is  doing  the  work  of  the  Senior  Publisher.  He  is  about  fifty  years  of  age.  The  posi- 
tion which  he  now  occupies  calls  for  executive  and  administrative  talent  of  a  high  order.  It  re- 
quires practical  knowledge  of  the  business  world.    Great  decision  of  character  is  necessary.  The 

Senior  Publisher  is  also  an  ex-officio  member  of  the  General  Conference. 

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Rev.  C.  A.  Thomas,  Acting  Publishing  Agent. 

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Rev.  H.  Mattill,  who  is  serving  his  second  term  as  Junior  Publishing  Agent,  occupies  a  desk 
of  his  own  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  same  room  in  which  the  Senior  does  his  work.  Each  has 
a  distinct  portion  of  the  work  to  do,  and  the  manifold  business  interests  of  the  Publishing  House 
keep  the  two  men  busy  all  the  time.  Bro.  Mattill  does  his  share  of  the  work  with  energy. 
He  is  a  native  o!  Indiana,  aad  grew  up  in  the  broad,  generous  West.  He  was  a  prominent 
and  influential  member  of  the  Kansas  Conference,  and  a  presiding  elder  in  that  body,  when  the 
General  Conference  at  Buffalo,  in  1887,  chose  him  for  his  present  position  as  Junior  Publishing 
Agent.  He  was  re-elected  by  the  General  Conference  at  Indianapolis  in  1891.  He  is  a  man  in 
middle  hfe,  phy.sically  strong  and  mentally  and  temperamentally  active.  Our  camera  found 
him  at  work  at  his  mail.  In  fact,  the  task  of  opening,  reading  and  sorting  the  daily  mail  in  a 
house  doing  business  with  thousands  of  agents,  and  in  numerous  lines  of  work,  is  no  small 
matter,  requiring  hours  of  time  daily.  It  is  likely  the  letter  he  is  perusing  contained  interesting 
news,  and  perhaps  brought  a  handsome  check,  always  a  welcome  occurrence  to  the  Publishers. 


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Rev.  H.  Mattill,  Junior  Publishing  Agent. 

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Here  you  have  a  view  of  the  editorial  sanctum  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger.  The  editor, 
S.  P.  Spreng,  looks  straight  at  you  from  behind  his  table  in  the  center  of  the  room.  S.  J. 
Gamertsfelder,  his  assistant,  sits  to  the  editor's  right  by  a  writing  desk.  Behind  them  is  a  good 
view  of  the  librar}-,  where  they  arm  themselves  with  facts  and  figures.  The  waste  basket  in  front 
is  not  quite  full,  and  is  iust  waiting  for  a  few  more  rejected  articles.  Both  editors  are  members 
of  the  Ohio  Conference.  The  editor-in-chief  entered  the  conference  in  1876,  and  the  assistant  in 
1878.  They  took  charge  of  the  English  organ  of  the  Church  in  1887,  and,  if  they  live,  they  will 
continue  to  do  so  until  October  of  this  year.  They  both  occupy  the  same  room  on  the  second 
floor,  facing  Woodland  Avenue.  The  fourth,  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  windows  of  the  building  from 
left  to  right  let  the  light  into  the  room.  Few  people  have  an  idea  of  the  work  required  to 
edit  a  paper  like  the  Evangelical  Messenger.  First,  there  are  about  one  hundred  exchanges  to 
examine  every  week.  Many  people  find  enough  to  do  to  read  one  paper  ;  the  editors  read  quite 
as  carefully  a  hundred  of  them,  besides  a  dozen  of  monthly  magazines,  and  many  books  which 
are  sent  for  review.  Then  there  is  manuscript  to  select  and  correct,  for  very  few  writers,  even 
for  the  press,  write  without  errors.  The  correspondence  of  the  editor  is  voluminous  and  exacting. 

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Rev.  S.  J.  Gamertsfelder, 

Assistaut  Editor  Kvangelical  Messenger. 

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Rev.  S.  P.  Sprang, 

Editor  E\'ANGELItAL  MESSENGER. 


The  scene  opposite  represents  the  editor  of  Der  Christliche  Botschafter,  Rev.  G.  Heinmiller, 
in  his  editorial  sanctum.  Here  the  oldest,  largest  and  most  widely  circulated  German  religious 
weekly  in  the  United  States  is  edited.  The  present  editor  was  elected  at  the  last  General  Con- 
ference to  succeed  Rev.  W.  Horn,  who  was  elevated  to  the  episcopacy.  At  the  moment  when  the 
picture  was  taken  the  editor  was  evidently  in  the  act  of  examining  the  manuscript  of  one  of  his 
contributors,  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  its  fitness  for  the  somewhat  exacting  columns  of  the 
paper.  In  front  of  him  is  seen  the  famous  waste  basket,  which  is  an  important  article  of  furni- 
ture in  every  good  editorial  room,  an  article  dreaded  by  correspondents,  as  its  capacious  maw 
may  at  any  time  swallow  the  fruit  of  their  ambitious  pens.  Bro.  Heinmiller  is  American  born, 
but  at  the  time  of  his  election  as  editor  of  the  Botschafter,  he  was  in  Europe,  as  teacher  in  the 
Seminary  at  Reutlingen.  The  room  he  occupies  is  in  the  left-hand  corner  in  the  third  story  of 
the  building. 

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The  name  of  the  brother  who  occupies  this  important  position  is  Rev.  G.  Berstecher,  who 
was  chosen  by  the  present  editor  to  assist  in  editing  the  German  organ  of  our  Church.  Bro. 
Berstecher  is  a  practical  printer,  being  a  compositor  by  trade.  This  is  of  great  value  to  him 
now.  For  a  number  of  years  he  preached  the  Gospel,  first  in  the  Indiana,  and  then  in  the  Erie 
Conference,  until  selected  for  his  present  work.  His  position  is  a  laborious  one.  The  paper 
being  German,  much  translating  has  to  be  done,  of  necessity.  This  requires  much  labor.  Bro. 
Berstecher's  room  adjoins  that  of  his  chief,  and  fronts  on  Vine  street.  The  work  of  the  assistant 
editor  of  the  Botschaftcr  is  to  correct  copy,  especiahy  for  the  departments  Arbeitsfcldcr  and 
Todesanzeigen,  occasionally  to  translate  such  as  may  be  submitted  in  English,  to  prepare  the 
weekly  news  .summary,  to  write  editorials,  read  proofs  and  revises,  etc.  It  requires  close  atten- 
tion to  business,  an  exact  practical  knowledge  of  grammar,  orthography,  punctuation  and 
other  principles  of  language  to  be  an  assistant  editor,  as  much  of  the  work  is  of  a  clerical  nature. 


Rev.  Q.  Berstecher,  Assistant  Editor  "Christliche  Botschafter." 

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The  counterfeit  presentment  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Hornberger,  editor  of  7";^!?  Living  Epistle  and 
English  Sunday- School  Literature,  looks  at  you  from  the  opposite  page.  The  table,  loaded  with 
books  and  papers,  the  wall  in  the  rear  hung  with  exchanges,  indicates  at  once  the  workshop  of 
an  editor.  Bro.  Hornberger  is  serving  his  second  term  as  editor  of  the  only  official  holiness 
magazine  in  the  world.  His  picture  shows  us  a  man  in  middle  life,  with  a  portly  form,  slightly 
baldlieaded,  in  the  act  of  dashing  from  his  fountain  pen  an  able  editorial  leader  for  his  magazine. 
It  is  quite  a  formidable  list  of  periodicals  which  Bro.  Hornberger  has  to  oversee  besides  The 
Living  Epistle,  which  is  a  monthly  holiness  magazine  of  32  quarto  pages.  There  is  the  monthly 
Sunday  -  School  Teacher,  the  Sunday-School  Messenger,  weekly,  semi-monthly  and  monthly,  the 
Lesson  Leaf  and  Quarterly,  My  Lesson  and  the  Blackboard.  His  room  is  on  the  second  floor, 
just  to  the  right  of  the  Evangelical  Messenger,  and  also  fronts  on  Woodland  Avenue.  There  he 
sits,  not  "dead,"  but  alive,  "among  his  books"  and  exchanges.  The  varied  duties  of  this  position 
require  a  more  than  ordinary  range  of  adaptability.  In  the  Epistle  the  editor  may  be  grave,  seri- 
ous, even  ponderous  at  times,  while  in  the  Sunday-school  literature  he  must  adapt  himself  to  the 
"lighter  vein"  which  will  please,  instruct  and  edify  the  little  folks.  But  it  affords  a  rare  privilege 
on  the  one  hand  to  lead  believers  into  the  experience  of  full  salvation,  and  on  the  other  to  in- 
struct the  children  in  the  way  of  life. 

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This  room  is  on  the  left-hand  corner  of  the  building  on  the  second  floor,  in  which  Das 
Evaiigclische  Magazin  and  German  Sunday-School  Literature  are  edited.  The  present  acting 
editor  is  Bishop  William  Horn,  who  is  seen  sitting  at  his  desk  in  the  room  just  as  you  are  likely 
to  find  him  any  daj'  if  }'0u  visit  the  room.  He  has  just  finished  an  article  for  the  Magazin, 
which  he  is  about  to  hand  to  the  "printer's  devil."  Bishop  Horn  is  a  born  editor,  who  feels  him- 
self perfectly  at  home  on  the  tripod  which  he  so  long  filled  with  conspicuous  ability.  He  is  thor- 
oughly acquainted  with  the  best  German  literature,  and  is  a  poet  and  hymn  writer,  whose  poetic 
effusions  are  known  far  and  wide.  His  genius  in  this  particular  is  recognized  in  literary  circles 
everywhere.  Nor  is  he  unfamiliar  with  the  English  language.  In  fact,  as  a  translator  of  English 
into  German,  he  is  a  phenomenon,  doing  it  with  facility  and  grace.  At  present  he  has  editorial 
charge  of  Das  Evangelische  Magazin  and  the  entire  complement  of  German  Sunday- School  Lit- 
erature, supplying  the  place  of  Editor  Thomas,  who  was  recently  appointed  as  Publisher. 

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This  is  Rev.  R.  Mott,  who  helps  to  edit  Das  Evangclische  Magazin  and  German  Sunday- 
School  Literature.  He  has  had  much  experience  in  this  kind  of  work,  having  foimeily  been 
assistant  to  the  editor  of  the  Botscliafter.  He  wields  a  facile  pen  in  German,  and  is  at  home  in 
German  literature.  He  is  what  the  Germans  call  gemiiethlich.  The  taking  of  the  picture  setms 
to  have  interrupted  him  in  the  act  of  correcting  a  manuscript  ;  but  the  expression  on  his  face 
awakens  suspicion  that  he  has  been  caught  in  the  act  of  either  perpetrating  one  of  his  Hinter- 
stiicbcheyt  jokes,  or  concocting  a  puzzle  for  the  Kindcrfrcund.  The  room  where  he  sits  is  the  old 
library,  full  of  old-time  books  and  precious  relics.  It  is  on  the  second  story  facing  west. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Erie  Conference.  The  work  of  the  assistant  to  the  editor  of 
the  Magazin  is  largety  routine.  It  requires  close  application  and  an  extensive  acquaintance  with 
the  German  literature  both  at  home  and  abroad.  Bro.  Mott  had  the  advantage  of  early  training, 
it  having  been  designed  that  he  should  enter  the  priesthood  of  the  Catholic  Church.  But 
Protestant  missionaries  rescued  him  from  so  sad  a  fate,  and  brought  him  into  a  better  spheie  oi 
usefulness. 

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/IDissionarp  treasurer* 


Everybody  knows  Rev.  W.  Yost,  the  trusted  Treasurer  of  our  Missionary'  Society,  and  for 
many'-  years  its  corresponding  secretary-.  For  eight  years  he  was  also  Junior  Pubhshing  Agent. 
Bro.  Yost  has  grown  gray  in  the  general  service  of  the  Church,  as  his  picture  shows.  He  is  at 
home  in  figures,  and  is  known  as  an  expert  accountant.  Many  hundred  thousand  dollars  have 
passed  through  his  hands,  and,  although  experts,  with  even  hostile  intent,  have  been  sent  to  ex- 
amine his  books,  never  a  cent  has  been  found  misapplied  or  missing.  He  can  look  the  world  in 
the  face  so  far  as  that  is  concej-ned,  feeling  secure  in  his  integrity,  and  conscious  of  having 
served  the  Church  faithfully  and  efficiently  wherever  she  has  placed  1  im.  Bro.  Yost  is  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  successful  pastor  in  the  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  when  called 
to  a  general  position  in  the  Church.  At  present  he  is  not  only  Treasurer  of  the  Missionary  So- 
ciety, but  also  of  the  Ebenezer  Orphan  Home.  Besides  this,  he  is  the  General  Statistical  Secre- 
tar)'  of  the  Church.  To  judge  from  the  cheerful  expression  of  his  countenance,  he  has  just  re- 
ceived some  very-  good  news — a  handsome  bequest,  perhaps,  or  other  large  gift  for  the  Missionary 
Societv  or  Orphan  Home.    That  always  makes  him  happy. 

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Rev.  W.  Yost,  Treasurer  Missionary  Society. 

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Rev.  T.  C.  Meckel  is  the  most  youthful  incumbent  ever  filling  this  important  position.  His 
predecessors  were  all  older  men.  But  he  has  grappled  with  the  duties  of  his  ofi&ce  with  charac- 
teristic zeal  and  abilit}-.  It  is,  no  doubt,  the  most  laborious  office  in  the  Church  as  now  conduct- 
ed, but  it  is  indispensable  to  the  successful  management  of  our  missionary  finances.  The  Cor- 
responding Secretary  is  the  virtual  head  of  our  missionary  management  at  home.  He  is  required 
to  be  almost  constantly  in  the  field  collecting  missionar}-  funds.  Bro.  ]\Ieckel  was  for  3-ears  em- 
ployed at  the  Publishing  House  as  assistant  proofreader.  Then  he  entered  the  ministr}-,  and 
preached  several  3"ears  in  the  Erie  Conference,  after  which  he  served  four  j-ears  as  assistant 
editor  of  Der  Christlichc  Botschafter.  until,  upon  the  resignation  of  Rev.  W.  Bucks,  as  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  in  1891,  he  was  chosen  by  the  Bishops  for  this  position.  The  reason  he  is 
not  shown  like  the  rest  at* his  desk  in  the  mission  room,  is  because  he  was  absent  from  home  at 
the  time  when  the  picture  was  required.  It  is  difficult,  in  fact,  to  catch  him  at  home.  He  is 
always  "on  the  wing."  He  is  also  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Missionary  Messenger,  and  does  even 
most  of  this  work  "on  the  wing." 


Among  the  most  important  adjuncts  of  the  Publishing  House,  though  not  in  the  least  prom- 
inent or  obtrusive,  are  the  proofreaders.  Their  absence  would  be  noticed  mucli  sooner  than 
their  presence.  This  is  simply  because  their  business  is  to  find  and  correct  the  mistakes  of  the 
printers  or  typesetters.  The  Publishing  House  is  fortunate  in  having,  in  the  person  of  Rev.  D. 
Ewald,  the  chief  of  this  department,  a  capable  and  accurate  proofreader,  who  is  competent  to 
"find  faults"  in  both  German  and  English  with  equal  facility.  His  benign  and  thoughtful  face, 
looking  at  you  from  the  opposite  page,  with  his  simple  tools  in  his  hands,  is  indicative  of  the 
man.  He  has  been  in  this  position  for  a  quarter  of  a  centur}',  and  has  done  faithful  service  to 
the  "inglorious  Miltons"  who  sought  fame  in  literature.  He  is  ably  supported  by  his  wide-awake 
helper,  Bro.  Henry  Knippel,  who  sits  before  you  with  a  MS.  in  his  hands.  He  is  an  adept  at  de- 
ciphering the  chirograph}- of  great  men.  Following  the  proofreaders,  we  have  good  views  of 
the  book  store  and  general  ofiice,  with  the  respective  clerks,  salesmen  and  bookkeepers.  Bro.  I. 
Y.  Moyer  has  charge  of  the  book  store.  He  is  thoroughly  at  home  in  the  book  trade.  Bro.  P. 
Berkes  is  bookkeeper,  with  E.  W.  Horn  as  as.sistant,  and  Miss  Mamie  Hornberger  as 
stenographer. 

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The  Proofreaders— Rev.  D.  Ewald  and  H.  Knippel. 

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The  General  Office. 

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The  Book  Store. 

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Compositors'  1Room  anb  Electrotype  lfount)ry. 


From  the  hands  of  the  editors,  the  copy  goes  to  the  compositors,  whose  workroom  is  repre- 
sented on  the  opposite  page.  This  is  a  large,  Hght,  air}'  room  on  the  fourth  floor,  and  is  in 
charge  of  Henry  Koch,  a  staunch  Evangelical  Canadian.  He  stands  in  the  foreground  in  his 
working  suit,  with  his  sleeves  rolled  up.  Under  his  command  are  twenty-four  men  and  three 
"kids."  These  ordinarily  .set  up  all  the  type  in  the  periodical  and  job  departments.  It  requires 
four  men  to  "set  up"  the  Messenger,  and  four  for  the  Botschafter ;  three  are  at  present  setting 
music.  In  this  room  is  also  the  first  press  used  in  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  in  printing  the  first  paper  in 
our  Church.  It  is  still  used  in  printing  the  mailing  lists,  which  are  prepared  here  and  kept  in 
type.  From  this  room  the  type  passes  to  the  electrotype  foundry  on  the  same  floor.  This  is  one 
of  the  most  commodious  loundries  for  electrotyping  to  be  found  anywhere.  Here  the  electric 
current  is  used  in  an  ingenious  wa}'  to  transfer  type  to  metal  plates,  from  which  all  our  papers 
and  books  are  printed,  instead  of  printing  directly  from  the  type.  Eight  persons  are  employed 
here.  Not  only  are  the  Messenger,  Botschafter,  Epistle,  Magazin,  Sund:y-school  periodicals 
and  books  electrotyped  here,  but  also  The  Ohio  Farmer,  the  Union  Gospel  News,  etc.,  besides  a 
large  amount  of  music  and  other  job  work  for  parties  all  over  the  country.  Bro.  C.  H.  Gehlke, 
the  efiicient  foreman  of  this  department,  stands  second  from  the  left  in  picture  on  page  46. 

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The  Compositors'  Room. 
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The  Electrotypers'  Room. 

46 


Here  our  readers  have  a  view  of  the  new  perfecting  press,  on  which  we  print  the  weekly 
papers.  It  is  the  first  machine  of  this  pattern  ever  constructed,  and  was  built  by  the  Campbell 
Company,  of  New  York.  It  is  regarded  as  a  wonderful  machine.  Besides  this  great  machine, 
fourteen  presses,  large  and  small,  are  constantly  at  work  in  the  two  large  rooms.  These  presses 
are  capable  of  turning  out  an  immense  amount  of  work,  so  that  the  work  sent  through  the  mails 
from  them  costs  about  $12,000  postage  per  annum  at  second-class  and  book  rates,  besides  what 
is  shipped  by  express.  One  of  the  large  presses  alone  can  make  8,500  impressions  per  day. 
They  work  with  such  ease  and  precision  that  the  number  of  employes  in  this  department  is  re- 
duced to  a  minimum — one  person  to  each  machine.  But  the  machines  represent  many  thousands 
of  dollars  invested.  The  department  is  in  charge  of  Wm.  Schnerer,  a  pressman  "to  the  manor 
born,"  and  trained  in  all  the  secrets  of  the  trade.  The  third  view  in  the  group  gives  us  a  glimpse 
of  the  engineer,  Mr.  Eddy,  in  his  workshop.  He  has  charge  of  all  the  machinerj^  in  the  building. 
It  is  his  business  to  make  the  necessary  repairs,  not  only  on  the  engine,  but  upon  the 
machinery  in  general.  He  i.5  kept  constantly  busy  by  his  manifold  duties,  which  require  his 
attention  daily. 

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The  New  Press, 

49 


Here  we  have  a  view  of  the  maihng  room,  in  the  rear  of  the  building,  on  the  second  floor. 
Five  persons  are  employed  here,  nnder  the  supervision  of  Louis  Vogt,  who  in  the  picture  stands 
to  the  left  in  the  rear,  with  the  stamping  apparatus  in  his  hand.  In  front  of  him  stands  the  folder, 
which,  when  it  is  in  good  order,  can  fold  15,000  Messengers  in  a  da)'.  They  then  wander  into 
Uncle  Sam's  mail  bags,  and  are  taken  to  the  postoflRce.  The  book  binderj^,  in  charge  of  Louis 
Heil,  occupies  the  eastern  portion  of  the  third  story,  and  is  the  largest  in  the  State.  Twenty 
males  and  eighteen  females  are  constantly  employed.  The  department  is  equipped  with  all  the 
machinery  necessary.  There  is  a  whole  series  of  book  and  magazine  folders,  two  ingenious  sew- 
ing machines,  each  of  which  can  sew  1,200  books  a  day.  Then  there  is  a  gathering  machine,  the 
invention  of  the  Junior  Publisher,  H.  Mattill,  which  saves  labor  and  facilitates  the  gathering  of 
the  parts  of  a  book.  Then  there  are  hydraulic  presses,  embos.sing,  trimming,  stamping  and  gild- 
ing machines — also  a  wonderful  paging  machine.  The  capacity  of  the  bindery  is  1,200  books  of 
ordinary  binding  per  day. 

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The  artist  has  given  us  three  excellent  views  of  this  beautiful  building  and  its  inmates.  As 
will  be  seen,  the  style  of  architecture  is  plain  and  massive.  It  is  built  of  a  y  ellowish  gray  lime- 
stone procured  from  the  Naperville  quarries  near  by.  It  is  not  quite  complete,  according  to  the 
architects'  plans,  requiring  the  addition  of  another  wing  to  the  left  of  the  central  tower.  When 
completed  it  will  present  a  truly  stately  appearance,  well  suited  to  its  classic  purpose.  The 
building  stands  in  the  center  of  a  loveh'  campus,  a  fine  green  lawn  sloping  from  it  in  all  directions. 
The  second  picture  speaks  for  itself.  A  group  of  as  magnificent  young  people  as  can  be  gathered 
anywhere,  are  here  caught  wdth  one  glance  of  the  camera.  What  a  future  awaits  manj;  of  these 
young  people  !  They  will  wield  an  immense  influence  in  the  Church  and  in  the  world  if  they  are 
faithful  to  their  opportunities  and  privileges  now  and  hereafter.  The  third  picture  gives  us  a 
view  of  the  students  gathered  in  the  chapel  for  daily  prayers.  President  Kiekhoefer  is  in  the  act 
of  addressing  them  from  that  historic  platform.  The  ladies  are  in  the  foreground.  These 
daily  religious  devotions  are  a  feature  of  North- Western  College  life.  Attendance  at  these 
services  is  required  of  all,  and  indeed  delighted  in  by  all,  as  a  rule.  These  services  help  to  give 
Christian  tone  to  the  day's  work  and  serve  to  unify  the  various  departments  of  the  school. 

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North  =  Western  College. 

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students  of  North  =Westein  College. 
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Professor  H.  J.  Kiekhoefer,  A.  M.,  President  of  North -Western  College,  and  Professor  of 
Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy  ;  the  late  Prof.  A.  A.  Smith,  A.  M.,  the  first  President  of  the 
College,  and  later  President  emeritus ;  Rev.  S.  L.  Umbach,  Professor  of  Systematic  and  Practical 
Theology,  in  Union  Bibhcal  Institute;  Rev.  J.  Lerch,  Treasurer,  and  until  recently  Financial 
Agent  of  the  College  and  Institute.  Good  men  are  they  all,  and  true.  The  late  President 
Smith  especially  exerted  a  vast  influence  in  the  Church  through  the  many  students  whom  he 
trained.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Oberlin  College,  and  thoroughly  equipped  for  the  work  of  his 
profes.sion.  He  was  a  grand  tea:her.  He  was  President  of  the  College  from  its  beginning  in 
Plainfield,  111.,  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death.  He  was  famous  as  an  elocutionist,  and 
taught  many  an  ambitious  orator  the  principles  of  oratory.  His  memory  will  be  cherished  far 
and  wide,  and  his  life  history  is  indissolubly  connected  with  the  history  of  North -Western  Col- 
lege. President  Kiekhoefer  is  a  worthy  .successor  to  this  grand  old  man.  Professor  Umbach  has 
a  delicate  and  important  task  in  the  training  of  the  future  preachers  of  our  Church.  Rev.  J. 
Lerch  has  for  many  years  managed  the  finances  of  the  institution  with  fidehty  and  care.  His 

succe.s.sor  as  financial  agent  is  Rev.  J.  H.  Yaggy,  of  the  Des  Moines  Conference. 

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The  Faculty  consists  of  thirteen  gentlemen  and  ladies,  besides  President  Kiekhoefer  and 
Prof.  Umbach,  already  named.    They  constitute  a  happy  combination  of  talent.    To  them  are 


entrusted  a  most  important  task,  and  well  have  they  thus  far  done  their  work,  one  and  all.  Our 
people  everywhere  will  be  glad  to  see  the  faces  of  these  teachers  to  whom  they  are  urged  to 
commit  their  precious  .sons  and  daughters  for  intellectual  and  moral  training.  They  are  :  F.  W. 
Heidner,  A.  M.,  B.  D.,  Profcs.sor  of  the  German  Language  and  Literature;  H.  C.  Smith,  A.  M., 
Professor  of  the  Latin  Language  and  Literature  ;  G.  W.  Sindlinger,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  the  Greek 
Language  and  Literature  :  Mrs.  N.  C.  Knickerbocker,  A.  M.,  Preceptress  in  Engli,'-:h  Literature; 
Miss  Mary  S.  Bucks,  L-  E.  L.,  Teacher  of  English  Grammar  and  American  History  ;  Professor 
A.  C.  Gegenheimer,  Teacher  of  Commercial  Studies  ;  H.  F.  Kletzing,  A.  M.,  Professor  ot 
Mathematics;  L.  M.  Umbach,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Natural  Science.  J.  L.  Nichols,  Principal  of 
the  Commercial  College;  Miss  Fanny  E.  and  Miss  Mattie  E.  Smith,  Teachers  of  Music ;  Miss 
Ella  E.  Drake,  Teacher  of  the  Fine  Arts,  and  Prof  W.  W.  Carnes,  Teacher  of  Elocution. 


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The  Faculty  of  North -Western  College. 

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The  Faculty  of  North  =Western  Collese. 
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Ttie  Faculty  of  North  =  Western  College. 

6s 


This  institution  was  founded  by  the  Ohio  Conference,  and  first  located  at  Tifiin,  Ohio.  In 
1867  it  was  removed  to  Flat  Rock,  Ohio.  Here  suitable  grounds  were  purchased  and  a  com- 
modious building  erected,  to  which  additions  were  made,  until  under  the  superintendencj-  of  D. 
Strawman,  from  1883  to  1887,  the  building  took  its  present  shape  and  size.  In  1871  the  institution 
passed  into  the  hands  of  General  Conference.  Rev.  J.  G.  Zinser  was  its  first  superintendent. 
Next  in  order  came  Revs.  Charles  Hammer,  J.  E.  Dreisbach,  E.  Kohr,  A.  C.  Stull,  D.  Strawman  and 
C.  K.  Fehr.  The  present  superintendent  is  V.  Braun.  Here  we  have  a  view  of  the  children  of  our 
Orphan  Home,  grouped  in  front  of  the  building.  Father  Braun,  the  superintendent,  is  seen  in 
the  background  to  your  right.  Near  him  on  his  right  is  Mother  Braun,  the  matron.  Around 
them  are  grouped  the  teachers  and  employes  of  the  Home,  with  the  140  wards  of  the  Church, 
who  are  now  housed,  fed,  clothed,  trained  and  educated  in  this  blessed  institution.  What  a  lovely 
picture  is  the  last  of  the  three  !  But  the  beauty  of  it  is  that  it  truthfully  represents  the  reality. 
Such  a  scene  may  be  witnessed  any  evening  at  bed-time  wl  en  the  "little  tots"  of  the  Orphan 
Home  are  ready  for  bed.  Clad  in  their  night  robes,  they  kneel  around  the  sister  who  has  them 
in  charge,  and  solemnly  repeat  their  sweet  and  solemn  evening  prayer  to  their  Father  in  heaven. 
As  you  look  at  the  picture  you  can  almost  hear  them  saying,  "Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep,"  etc., 
and  involuntarily  you  exclaim  from  your  very  heart,  "God  bless  the  dear  little  ones  !  " 

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•'Our  Father  in  Heaven." 

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^bc  Ibome  for  tbe  Bget). 


In  the  suburbs  of  the  "City  of  Brotherly  Love,"  just  opposite  the  beautiful  "Hunting 
Park,"  stands  the  Home  for  the  Aged  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  The  picture  opposite 
gives  us  an  excellent,  though  somewhat  near  view  of  the  commodious  building  which  has  been 
purchased  and  fitted  up  for  these  aged  people.  It  stands  in  a  lovely  garden  of  lawn  and  flowers 
and  trees,  away  from  the  noise  and  bustle  of  the  cit}',  a  cool  and  quiet  retreat  just  suited  to  the 
needs  of  those  for  whom  it  is  intended.  Twenty  inmates  are  at  present  sheltered  there.  The 
matron  is  Rosina  Herdle.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors  is  Mary  M.  Schmitt.  On 
Sundays  the  pastors  of  our  churches  in  the  city  take  their  turn  at  preaching  to  these  aged  pil- 
grims, waiting  for  the  chariot  of  the  King. 


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Home  for  the  Aged,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

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In  1886  several  of  our  preachers  in  Essen,  Germany,  founded  the  Bethesda  Society,  with 
headquarters  at  Elberfeld.  The  work  was  begun  the  same  year,  with  a  working  force  of  two  sis- 
ters. To-day  there  are  90  sisters,  inckiding  apprentices,  engaged  in  the  blessed  work  of  nursing 
the  sick  as  a  means  of  leading  them  to  Christ.  Two  3ears  ago  a  branch  was  created  for 
Alsace  and  Switzerland,  with  about  20  deaconnesses.  The  hospital  at  Elberfeld,  a  view  of  which 
is  herewith  given,  is  used  both  as  a  hospital  and  nurses'  training  school.  It  was  opened  about 
four  years  ago,  and  can  accommodate  about  35  guests.  Besides,  the  society  ha.s  stations  in  Berlin, 
Hamburg  and  Dresden.  Soon  it  is  hoped  to  have  similar  stations  at  Stuttgart  and  Magdeburg. 
Strassburg  is  the  center  of  the  work  for  Alsace  and  Switzerland.  By  means  of  this  work  much 
good  has  been  done.  During  the  cholera  epidemic  several  5^ears  ago,  ten  of  our  Evangelical  dea- 
connesses distinguished  themselves  by  their  heroic  work  in  Hamburg.  This  work  should  also  be 
undertaken  by  us  in  this  country.  Let  the  devotion  of  our  European  brethren  and  sisters  stimu- 
late us  to  like  endeavor. 


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Bethesda  Hospital  in  Eiberfeld,  Germany. 

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Rev.  John  Walz  aud  Rev.  Gottlieb  Fuessle  are  our  two  General  Conference  officers  in 
Europe,  the  former  being  the  Publishing  Agent,  and  the  latter  the  editor  of  the  periodicals. 
Both  brethren  have  been  intimateh^  connected  with  our  European  work  for  many  years.  Bro. 
Walz,  however,  is  there  as  a  niissionar}^  from  America,  while  Bro.  Fuessle  is  a  native  product  of 
our  labors  in  the  Fatherland.  Bro.  Walz,  who  recently  celebrated  his  70th  birthday,  and  also  the 
25th  anniversary  of  his  service  as  the  successful  manager  of  our  European  Publishing  House,  was 
sent  to  Europe  in  1864,  where  he  has,  accordingly,  labored  now  for  more  than  thirty  years.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  seven  who,  with  Bishop  Esher,  formed  the  Germany  Conference  at  its 
organization  in  1865.  Bro.  Fuessle  was  born  in  1839,  and  the  first  preacher  to  be  licensed  in 
Europe.  He  has  been  editor  of  our  weekly  European  periodicals  for  years.  These  periodicals 
are:  Der  Evaiigelische  Botschafter — an  exact  translation  of  "  Evangelical  Messenger,"  and  Eva?i- 
gelischer  Kinderfreund.  He  is  also  distinguished  as  a  poet  and  hymnnist.  He,  too,  was  present 
at  the  organization  of  the  Germanj-  Conference  in  1865.  Then  there  were  seven  preachers,  all 
told.  At  the  recent  sessions  (1894)  of  the  two  European  conferences — Germany  and  Switzer- 
land— there  were  94  preachers  appointed  to  charges. 

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Rev.  John  Walz, 


Rev,  Gottlieb  Fuessle, 

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^  Here  we  have  an  excellent  view  of  our  church  at  Reutlingen,  Wuertemberg.    It  is  one  of 

/  the  first  of  our  church  edifices  in  German}-,  and  illustrates  the  old  st3'le  of  architecture.  The 
custom  was,  as  was  done  in  this  case,  to  place  the  audience  room  on  the  ground  floor,  and  the 
parsonage  occupied  the  second  floor.  As  Reutlingen  constitutes  a  center  for  our  work  in  that 
region,  the  church  here  is  often  crowded  on  special  occasions,  such  as  conference  sessions.  In 
this  church  also  are  the  apartments  occupied  b}^  our  Theological  Seminary.  We  have  a  splendid 
work  here.  In  Stuttgart  we  have  a  similar  combination.  There  the  Publishing  House  and 
church  are  in  the  same  building,  the  Publishing  House  is  in  the  basement  and  on  the  ground 
floor,  and  the  church  up  stairs.  As  will  be  seen  b\'  the  picture,  the  building  is  much  grander 
than  that  at  Reutlingen,  owing  partly  to  the  demands  of  the  municipal  authorities  and  regula- 
tions. The  audience  room  seats  looo  to  1200  persons.  The  church  at  Zurich,  Switzerland,  is 
the  mo.st  beautiful  of  our  churches  in  Europe.  The  expensive  style  of  architecture  is  also  due  to 
the  municipal  regulations.  Many  of  our  American  friends  have  heard  much  of  this  building 
through  the  collector,  Bro.  S.  F.  Maurer,  who  spent  more  than  a  3'ear  here  collecting  for  it.  But 

what  is  best  of  all,  we  have  also  a  large  and  flourishing  congregation  there. 

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Evangelical  Church  in  Reutlingen,  Germany. 

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These  two  places  will  ever  be  memorable  as  the  churches  where  the  two  epochal  General 
Conferences  of  the  Evangelical  Association  were  held,  in  1887  and  1891  respectively.  The  first 
picture  gives  a  good  view  of  the  beautiful  First  Church  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  on  the  corner  of  Syca- 
more and  Spruce  Streets,  where  the  General  Conference  of  1887  was  held.  The  building  is  of 
brick,  stately,  massive  and  spacious.  Then  we  have  a  view  of  the  beautiful  church  in  Indianap- 
olis, Ind.,  in  which  the  historic  Indianapolis  General  Conference  was  held  in  1891,  which  has 
been  so  triumphantlj'  vindicated  in  the  civil  courts  of  our  land.  It  is  a  spacious  building,  and 
must  always  be  associated  in  our  minds  with  those  stirring  times.  Here  also  the  first  General 
Convention  of  Laymen  in  the  history'  of  our  Church  was  held.  The  last  of  the  group  represents 
the  members  of  the  Indianapolis  General  Conference.  The  view  was  taken  on  the  steps  of  the 
State  Capitol — a  suggestive  forshadowing  of  the  fact  that  this  General  Conference  and  its  transac- 
tions would  be  so  magnificently  sustained  b}'  the  highest  authorities  in  every  State,  where  its 
rights  have  been  contested  and  tested.  It  is  an  historic  body,  well  worthy  of  being  preserved  in 
fadeless  suu-pictures  to  the  latest  time. 


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Members  of  Indianapolis  General  Conference. 

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This  is  our  largest  church  in  the  city  of  Chicago.  But  that  is  not  its  chief  distinction.  It 
was  here  that  the  seceders  from  the  Ilhnois  Conference,  on  the  morning  of  April  lo,  1890,  locked 
and  guarded  the  doors  against  the  senior  bishop,  and  against  other  and  aged  members  of 
the  Church.  This  was  one  of  the  most  dramatic  scenes  of  the  ecclesistical  rebellion,  which 
will  ever  be  a  burning  disgrace  to  the  perpetrators.  The  church  edifice  is  now  again  occupied 
by  the  ministers  and  members  of  the  Evangelical  Association  by  the  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Illinois,  but  never  will  the  sad  scenes  enacted  before  and  within  its  locked  doors  be 
forgotten. 


This  is  another  of  those  historic  scenes  connected  with  the  sad  division  of  our  Church. 
Here,  amid  intense  excitement,  on  the  morning  of  February  26,  1891,  the  seceders  from  our 
Church  forcibly  debarred  Bishop  Bowman  from  entering  the  church  and  presiding  at  the  confer- 
ence. The  picture  was  taken  while  the  bishop  and  the  throng  stood  still  on  the  great  stone  steps 
of  the  church,  awaiting  the  outcome  of  the  struggle  within.  Here  the  fatal  step  was  taken  which 
disrupted  the  Church  and  made  reconciliation  impossible — the  appointing  of  a  pseudo  General 
Conference.  The  doors  and  windows  of  the  sacred  edifice  were  barricaded  as  against  a  mob,  but 
unwittingly  the  barricades  have  shut  the  perpetrators  of  this  disgraceful  and  unchristian  act  out 
of  the  Evangelical  Association.  The  true  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  was,  nevertheless,  held 
in  the  First  Ward  Church.  The  Lord  has  since  wonderfully  blessed  the  Spartan  band,  who,  un- 
der the  intrepid  leadership  of  Rev.  S.  C.  Breyfogel  (now  bishop)  took  such  a  noble  stand  against 
rebellion  that  fateful  day. 

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Ebenezer  Church,  AJlentown,  Pa. 

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This  is  the  building  in  which  the  next  General  Conference  (1895)  the  first  after  the  seces- 
sion, is  to  be  held.  To  it  all  eyes  will  turn.  It  is  believed  to  be  the  finest  and  best  church  edifice 
in  the  Evangelical  Association  in  this  country.  It  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $30,000  in  1893,  and 
dedicated  January  17,  by  Bishop  W.  Horn.  It  is  built  of  St.  Louis  pressed  brick,  in  modern  style 
of  architecture,  and  is  60  by  86  feet  in  size,  with  gables  facing  either  street  and  a  Medieval  tower 
on  the  corner.  We  are  also  given  a  view  of  the  interior  of  this  beautiful  church.  It  is  hand- 
somely decorated,  and  lighted  with  several  hundred  incandescent  lights.  It  is  seated  with  800 
upholstered  opera  chairs,  but  1000  people  can  easilj'  be  accommodated.  It  has  also  a  model  Sun- 
day-school room,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  400.  This  room  is  furnished  with  finely  upholstered 
chairs,  similar  to  those  in  the  main  auditorium.  The  General  Conference  never  met  here  before, 
but  we  believe  it  will  be  a  pleasant  place  for  the  meeting.  Certainly,  the  church  in  which  it 
meets  affords  all  the  facilities  necessary  for  the  work  of  this  important  body.  Those  who  are 
elected  as  delegates,  and  live  to  attend,  may  expect  an  enjoyable  time. 


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Auditorium  of  Elgin,  111.,  Cliurch. 

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MiBconein. 

The  Ohio  and  Wisconsin  Conferences  are  two  of  the  oldest  and  strongest  Annual  Con- 
ferences in  the  Church,  the  latter  the  granddaughter  of  the  former — the  Illinois  having  been 
formed  out  of  the  Ohio,  and  the  Wisconsin  out  of  the  Illinois.  The  Ohio  is,  since  the  formation 
of  the  Erie  Conference  in  1876,  exclusively  English,  the  Wisconsin  thus  far  German.  It  is  the 
giant  of  the  Northwest,  having  80  ministers  and  12,016  members,  while  the  older  Ohio  has 
55  active  ministers  and  8,555  members.  At  Akron,  Ohio,  stands  th*e  largest  church  edifice  in  the 
bounds  of  the  Ohio  Conference.  It  is  56x104  in  size,  and  has  a  model  Sunday-school  room  on  the 
same  floor  with  the  audience  room,  or,  rather,  a  suite  of  ten  rooms,  eight  of  which  are  on  a  level 
with  the  gallery.  The  church  seats  1000  persons.  Rev.  L.  H.  Seager  is  the  successful  pastor. 
Of  the  many  beautiful  churches  of  Wisconsin  Conference  we  are  enabled  to  present  views  of  the 
Madison  Church,  and  the  Tabor  Church,  Milwaukee.  Rev.  H.  E.  Erffmeyer  is  the  pastor  at 
Madison,  and  Rev.  G.  Fritsche  of  the  church  in  Milwaukee.  Milwaukee  is  a  German  city.  Our 
Church  has  prospered  there  from  the  first,  as  in  a  congenial  mission  field.  But  the  same  is  true 
all  over  the  State.  The  conference  has  labored  earnestly  to  accomplish  its  great  mission,  and 
has  succeeded. 

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This  i.s  a  beautiful  modern  structure  of  brick  and  stone,  with  a  tall,  graceful  spire.  The 
building  is  cathedral  shaped,  and  presents  an  imposing  appearance.  It  is  located  on  Pine  Street. 
Rev.  Herman  Plantikow  is  the  pastor.  There  are  four  other  Evangelical  Churches  in  St.  Paul. 
Many  will  be  agreeably  surprised  to  find  such  stately  and  elegant  church  edifices  in  the  compara- 
tively new  Northwest.  The  second  and  third  views  represent  the  three  successive  church  edifices 
erected  in  Berlin,  Ontario,  in  the  Canada  Conference.  Rev.  Joseph  Harlacher  began  missionary 
labors  in  Berlin  in  1840.  The  first  church  in  Berlin,  v\^hich  was  also  the  first  of  our  denomina- 
tion in  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  was  built  in  1841,  and  dedicated  September  29th  of  that  year. 
Later  this  had  to  give  place  to  a  second  and  more  commodious  church  building,  shown  in  the  en- 
graving. But  this,  too,  became  too  small  for  the  large  and  growing  society,  and  in  1893  the  third 
and  present  structure  was  begun,  and  completed  in  1894,  when  it  was  dedicated  by  Bishops  Esher 
and  Bowman.  This  is  an  elegant  and  substantial  building  in  the  modern  style  of  architecture, 
and  cost  upwards  of  $20,000.  In  this  new  edifice  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Missions 
cud  of  the  Missionary  Society  was  held  in  October,  1894. 

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This  is  a  peep,  through  the  entrance  gate,  into  Linwood  Park,  the  famous  Evangehcal  Sum- 
mer resort,  just  such  a  glimpse  as  the  visitor  gets  when  he  approaches  the  entrance.  Superin- 
tendent C.  F.  Negele  stands  under  the  arch,  ready  to  receive  you,  and  show  you  to  your  room  or 
cottage,  nestling  somewhere  amid  the  cool  shade,  and  within  hearing  of  the  ceaseless  roar  of  old 
Erie's  restless  waves.  A  view  is  also  given  of  the  principal  hotel  on  the  grounds,  with  Bro.  C.  A. 
Thomas,  and  W.  Lingelbach,  P.  E.  of  Cleveland  District,  Erie  Conference,  in  the  foreground. 
Then  we  have  a  view  of  the  large  tabernacle,  in  which  the  camp-meetings  and  other  meetings  are 
held,  with  Rev.  W.  Lingelbach  standing  close  by.  This  park  is  a  very  pleasant  and  healthful 
Summer  resort,  right  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Erie,  about  40  miles  west  of  Cleveland,  and  can  be 
reached  either  on  the  Lake  Shore  or  Nickel  Plate  R.  R. 


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Entrance  to  Linwood  Park. 

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Motel  at  Linwood  Park. 

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Tabernacle  at  Linwood  Park. 

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To  members  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  everything  connected  with  the  person  of  its 
revered  founder,  Bishop  Jacob  Albright,  possesses  a  peculiar  and  undying  interest.  Relics,  how- 
ever, are  very  rare.  In  the  first  of  the  two  pictures  of  the  group  before  us,  we  have  a  view  of  his 
home  in  lyancaster  County,  Pa.,  to  which  place  he  removed  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1785. 
It  was  a  plain,  substantial  two-story  house,  of  the  old  colonial  style,  a  tj-pical  Pennsylvania  farm- 
er's home.  Here  "the  Honest  Brick  Maker"  plied  his  trade.  From  this  door  he  went  out,  in 
1 796,  to  preach  the  Gospel.  The  second  picture  represents  the  house  of  George  Becker,  at  Muehl- 
bach,  where  the  faithful  servant  of  the  Lord,  our  beloved  Albright,  died  happy  in  the  Lord  May 
18,  1808,  in  the  50th  year  of  his  life.  Here  his  eventful  journey  ended.  Here  he  sank  down^ 
exhausted,  unable  to  proceed  to  his  home,  which  he  had  hoped  to  reach.  The  place  will  ever  be 
respected,  in  Evangelical  circles,  as  the  spot  where  the  angels  of  God  came  to  carry  this  weary 
toiler  home  to  heaven.  The  remains  of  the  sainted  and  beloved  Bishop  John  Seybert  rest  in  the 
cemetery  at  Flat  Rock,  Ohio,  near  the  Ebenezer  Orphan  Home,  beneath  a  neat,  plain  and  thor- 
oughly appropriate  marble  monument,  seen  in  the  picture.  What  hallowed  associations  cluster 
around  this  sacred  spot !  Man}'  an  Evangelical  itinerant  has  entered  a  nev/  covenant  of  consecra- 
tion while  standing  by  this  mound,  and  to  the  end  of  time,  no  doubt,  pilgrimages  will  be  made  to 
it,  not  to  worship  Seybert,  but  to  praise  Seybert's  God. 


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Home  of  Bishop  Albright. 

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Rev.  W.  Goessele  of  the  Illinois  Conference,  and  Rev.  Francis  Hoffman,  of  the  East  Pa. 
Conference,  both  of  whom  passed  from  labor  to  reward  while  this  album  was  being  made,  were 
pioneer  preachers  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  Both  did  faithful,  heroic  service.  The  picture 
on  page  no  gives  an  excellent  view  of  a  typical  log  church,  of  pioneer  da3's  in  Wisconsin.  This 
one  is  .situated  in  Sauk  Count}',  Wisconsin,  and  is  still,  we  believe,  in  u.se.  The  picture  on  page 
1 1 1  gives  us  a  good  idea  of  a  Western  sod  hut  or  dug-out  church  of  even  more  modern  times. 
Churches  like  this  can  be  found  all  over  the  great  West  They  are  built  of  blocks  of  prairie  sod, 
and  do  excellent  service.  In  these  log  churches  and  sod-house  sanctuaries  many  souls  are  saved. 
Here  the  pioneer  itinerant  dispenses  the  Word  in  the  power  of  untutored  .simplicity  to  an  unso- 
phisticated, hardy,  common-sense  people,  who  gladly  receive  the  Word  and  turn  to  the  Lord  by 
scores.  Homely  earthly  tenements  as  they  are,  they  prove  the  house  of  God  indeed,  to  many, 
and  the  very  gate  of  heaven, 

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A  Log  Church  in  Wisconsin. 

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